Those who face the wall, but are in the Nascent Soul stage.

Chapter 85 Lawful Good Faction

The breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion is great news, and Luo Qing has naturally long coveted this renowned technology.

For human society today, controlled nuclear fusion almost means unlimited energy, partly because the fuel reserves for controlled nuclear fusion are almost infinitely abundant—hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium.

Deuterium is abundant in seawater, while tritium, though extremely rare in nature, can be produced by bombarding lithium with neutrons. The Earth's lithium reserves are also considerable, sufficient to meet the tritium requirements of nuclear fusion reactions.

On the other hand, the mass defect of controlled nuclear fusion is converted into energy at a very high rate. Under the same mass, the energy produced by controlled nuclear fusion is about 14000 times that of conventional coal energy!
Luo Qing did a rough calculation and found that the energy density of controlled nuclear fusion under the same mass is almost equivalent to that of a medium-quality spirit stone.

If this technology were applied to the cultivation world, and cultivators could absorb the energy generated by controlled nuclear fusion, wouldn't that mean that the vast ocean of the cultivation world is essentially just a sea full of medium-grade spirit stones?
Unfortunately, it cannot be absorbed. Although they are all essentially the same kind of energy, there are differences between different energies. They are not the same thing at all, and they are not even in the same system.

The value of controlled nuclear fusion technology lies in the word "controlled." As long as certain reaction conditions are maintained, the nuclear fusion reaction can continue, constantly converting matter into energy.

Although the essence of this technology is still boiling water.

For humanity today, all technologies must be prioritized for military use, and controlled nuclear fusion technology is no exception. Shortly after this technology was successfully developed, the space forces of various countries became extremely agitated.

Controlled nuclear fusion technology is a prerequisite for spacecraft!
Now, Ding Yi has illuminated this prerequisite.

...

Luo Qing found Ding Yi, who was strolling through the streets of Beijing in the winter, holding a warm bouquet of flowers.

"The Trisolaran fleet has sent out probes?"

"That's right. The news hasn't been released yet; I've had the information blocked, but various countries should already know," Luo Qing sighed.

"Will these probes arrive before their fleet?"

Luo Qing explained to Ding Yi in detail General Fitzroy's discovery and Dr. Linger's answer.

"The average cruising speed is 2% of the speed of light, and the top speed can reach 8.34% of the speed of light. The size is about the size of a truck." Ding Yi held the flowers and frowned in thought.

Luo Qing then noticed the flowers in his arms: "Dr. Ding Yi, have you found a second spring in your life? Who sent them?"

Ding Yi, holding the flowers, snorted: "Don't talk nonsense. I'm almost forty years old and I'm no longer interested in love. I gave these flowers to myself. Guess where they came from?"

Luo Qing asked, "I guess the flowers ripened with heat from the controlled nuclear fusion facility, since it's winter after all."

Luo Qing's spiritual sense swept across the area, revealing it to be a living thermal radar, naturally aware of the abnormal heat near the No. 3 controlled nuclear fusion test base.

Ding Yi looked surprised: "How did you guess right too?"

"Who else has guessed?"

"I ran into Zhang Beihai this afternoon."

"Oh~" Luo Qing remembered this soldier; they had met twice, once on the space station and once on the space tower.

“Unfortunately, he wasn’t as relaxed as you. He seemed preoccupied. He came to me, even wanting me to postpone the announcement of the breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion technology. Actually, this news is being followed by hundreds of media outlets worldwide; how could it be kept secret? The controlled nuclear fusion device had barely been tested when the news of its successful test ignition was officially announced by media outlets in various countries.” Ding Yi also expressed some helplessness. Luo Qing asked, “Why postpone the announcement of the breakthrough in controlled nuclear fusion technology? This is the biggest technological breakthrough in years.”

Ding Yi said, "I don't know either. It seems to be the Space Force's idea. Zhang Beihai came to me on behalf of the Space Force. I guess it's still about spaceships."

As she spoke, Ding Yi glanced at Luo Qing again: "The difference between propellantless and propellant-equipped spacecraft. The Space Force wants propellantless spacecraft, while the space faction still longs for propellant-equipped spacecraft. Not to mention, you've brought news of the Trisolaran fleet's probes, which undoubtedly adds fuel to the fire in the struggle between the two factions."

"How could that be? I made my stance clear at the Space Tower two years ago. I'm a proponent of propellantless spacecraft," Luo Qing said in surprise.

Unexpectedly, Ding Yi shook his head after hearing this: "Professor Luo, you are too mild-mannered. You have invincible strength, but you have never killed anyone except ETO. You even let your Wallbreaker go. Although your influence is great, it is not absolute. Moreover, the propellant spaceship is the lifeline of millions of canal workers. How can you switch sides so easily? You should know that even the Space Force has only managed to fight to a draw with these old technology factions."

Luo Qing fell into deep thought.

Am I too mild-mannered?
The main problem is that the old aerospace workers didn't do anything wrong, so we can't just kill them on trumped-up charges, can we?

Ultimately, the old space program made significant contributions to past civilizations.

Luo Qing was caught in a dilemma. It wasn't his fault; that's how the Nine Provinces taught people in his previous life. The vast majority of cultivators were righteous but turned evil, and you don't need to worry about how they turned evil.

He also had the mind of a sword cultivator, only knowing how to slash and chop at demonic cultivators. In the nine years since he transmigrated here, he has also been heavily influenced by the legalistic ideology of this world. The combination of the two directly made him a lawful good.

Ding Yi is clearly a member of the chaotic good faction, which is not surprising, as theorists have always lacked morality.

Ding Yi said, "The most important thing is that you didn't even say 'this is part of the plan,' so although you took a stand, you didn't play a decisive role. At present, it's just that the propellantless spaceship faction is suppressing the propellant-equipped spaceship faction. If nothing unexpected happens, the two paths will probably be carried out simultaneously."

“It’s a pity. Doing both at the same time will definitely be less effective. There’s nothing we can do about it.” Seeing that Luo Qing still didn’t react, Ding Yi had no choice but to give him a subtle hint: “Professor Luo, you should shout at the top of your lungs: ‘Only research on propellantless spaceships is allowed. This is part of the plan.’ It’s not too late. Otherwise, some young man might do something extreme.”

"What extreme thing?"

"Who knows? Anyway, I saw him heading towards the meteorite museum, tsk tsk." Ding Yi chuckled strangely.

Luo Qing finally understood. He slapped Ding Yi hard, and Ding Yi was almost blown away by the slap from this Nascent Soul cultivator. Fortunately, Luo Qing stopped in time.

“I’ll contact PDC right away to announce this Wallfacer program.”

But before Luo Qing could make the call, former UN Secretary-General and former PDC Chairperson Jean-Claude Sáer called first.

"Mr. Luo Qing, where are you?!" Sai's voice was somewhat panicked.

"At Dr. Ding Yi's house, what happened?" Luo Qing asked, puzzled.

"Go to the coal city! There's been some trouble there!"

"What question has scared you so much? Has the ETO resurfaced and taken the entire city hostage with nuclear weapons?"

“If only it were that simple!” Sai’s voice was tinged with disbelief. “I received a distress call. The coal city, that new Dubai of the East, is on fire!”

(End of this chapter)